River Log section: St. Louis to Caruthersville
St. Louis to Caruthersville
180 Eads Bridge The Eads bridge is a standing testament to its maker and strength of beautiful architecture. For all travelers it is a monument of the journey, and paddlers are no exception. You will get the best views of anyone from your canoe or the cockpit of your kayak.
St. Louis to Caruthersville
180 RBD "The Captain's Return" Downstream of the Ead’s Bridge, on the St. Louis side of the river, paddlers will discover "The Captain's Return" a statue depicting Lewis and Clark returning from their two-year odyssey up the Missouri, down the Columbia
St. Louis to Caruthersville
180.1 RBD LaClede’s Landing LaClede’s Landing and the cobblestones below the Arch are the two best landings in downtown St. Louis to take a break, have a picnic or meet your shuttle. Usable in all water levels up to flood stage. At high water the cobblestones and
St. Louis to Caruthersville
180.4 Union Electric Light and Power Company, Ashley Street Powerhouse An enormously-scaled generating station, whose classical detailing stands in surreal contrast to the rusting industrial accoutrements projecting beyond its pilasters and false pediments. (Built St. Louis)
St. Louis to Caruthersville
180.2 - 179.2 RBD St. Louis Waterfront (Cobblestone Landing) The mile-long cobblestone landing along the St. Louis waterfront makes the ideal place for paddlers to push off, make landings, picnic, and take a break to visit the arch and other St. Louis sites. Put-ins are easy. Most times
St. Louis to Caruthersville
180.2 Martin Luther King Bridge The Martin Luther King Bridge (formerly known as the Veterans Bridge) is a cantilever truss bridge of about 4,000 feet in total length connecting St. Louis with its sister city East Saint Louis. MLK would probably approve of this namesake designation if only
St. Louis to Caruthersville
180.6 LBD Schoenberger Creek An ancient channel of the Mississippi River looped outwards from this point ten miles into Illinois, and then returned not far downstream. The largest North American city was built along its banks at Cahokia. At its height 100,000 Mississippian peoples inhabited Cahokia. Cahokia was
St. Louis to Caruthersville
181.2 Stan Musial Veteran’s Memorial Bridge (I-70) The beautiful cable stay Stan Musial Veteran’s Memorial Bridge provides a new route for I-70 across the Mississippi. It was opened in February of 2014 making it the newest bridge on the Mississippi River. The main span of the bridge
St. Louis to Caruthersville
182.5 McKinley Bridge The steel truss McKinley Bridge connects St. Louis with Venice, Illinois. It opened in 1910 and was taken out of service in 2001and then reopened in 2007 for pedestrians and bicyclists. (Mark River) Growing up along the Mississippi River was a blessing. In these towns, it
St. Louis to Caruthersville
182.5 Venice Power Plant, Venice, Illinois The Venice Power Plant sits on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, upstream from the plant at Cahokia, and startlingly close to the approach to the McKinley Bridge.
St. Louis to Caruthersville
182.6 RBD Artica Recently a few local artists have installed quite a spectacular mural across the facade of the Cotton Belt Building, and it has become the home base for an annual autumnal event called “Artica.” The industrial riverfront: a place where hawks soar through long forgotten structures, wild
St. Louis to Caruthersville
182.6 RBD Bob Cassilly Sculpture/City Museum Above the riverbank and behind the seawall you might be surprised to see a series of cement dinosaur sculptures. Bob Cassilly Sculpture, the genius artist behind the City Museum is responsible for these, and other monuments along the waterfront. If you take